LONDON — England pair Alastair Cook and Tim Bresnan have been named among Wisden’s five cricketers of the year.
Cook averaged 84 and Bresnan took 21 wickets in 2011 as England reached the top of the world Test rankings.
Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara joins them, becoming the first man to be leading cricketer in the world and make the list in the cricket almanac. Lancashire captain Glen Chapple and Worcestershire seamer Alan Richardson complete the list. —BBC Sport